H.E. Júlio Parruque

H.E. Cidália Chaúque

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Activities

Republic of Mozambique

Cidália Manuel Chaúque Oliveira has been Minister of Gender, Child and Social Action since January 19, 2015. From 2012 to 2015, she was Governor of the Province of Nampula; From 1999 to 2012, she served as a Member of the Assembly of the Republic, where she was a member of the Defense Committee and the Permanent Commission; In 2014, she was re-elected Member of the Assembly of the Republic; From 1998 to 2010, she was National Secretary of the Mozambican Youth Organization, having served as Secretary of Finance and Secretary of Youth Mobilization; From 1997 to 2010, she was a national statistician; January 2009 is appointed member of the Standing Committee of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique. In January 2009 she was elected a member of the advisory council of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique. In January 1999 she was elected a member of the Defense and Public Order Committee of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique; Cidália Chaúque Oliveira is a member of the FRELIMO Party and the Mozambican Women's Organization (WMO). From January 1999 to February 2009 Member of the National Secretariat of the Mozambican Youth Organization, a national organization that brings together young Mozambicans without distinction of color, race, sex, ethnic group, place of birth, religion, origin, social position and civil status, with the task of educating, uniting and organizing Mozambican youth to carry out the tasks of national reconstruction and the building of a just society, progress and peace. He coordinated the area of ​​Administration and Finance, and was in charge of the respective areas; It was in the period between 2001 to 2006 member of the Central Committee of the Frelimo Party. He was a member of the Provincial Committee of the Frelimo Party in Inhambane. She was a member of the Provincial Council of the Mozambican Women's Organization (WMO) in Inhambane. He was a member of the Cell of the Mozambican Youth Organization in Inhambane; She holds a degree in Accounting and Auditing from the Polytechnic University of Maputo. Participated in 2011 in the coordination of the technical staff for the preparation of the year Samora Moisés Machel. Participated in the World Conference on Youth in Mexico in 1999; He is a member of the Order of Accountants of Mozambique.

Dr. Omar Mithá

Omar Mithá was born in Mozambique in 1967, he holds degree in Economics from Eduardo Mondlane University (1992, Mozambique) and Post-Graduate Degree in Management from ISCTE (2005, Portugal).

He holds the position of CEO/Chairman of ENH, the NOC from the Republic of Mozambique, since August 2015. He is also Chairman of ENH Logistics and Non-Executive Board Member of Matola Gas Company (MGC) and Portos de Cabo Delgado (PCD). Until August 2015 was the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade. Before joining the Government, from 2008 to 2013 he was the former Chief-Economist and in charge of the Investment Banking of Millennium BIM dealing with credit for large projects, advisory, project finance and research. Prior to that, from 2006 to 2007 was an Investment Officer at the IFC office in Maputo. Between 2000 and 2005 he was working as a consultant to the World Bank on behalf of International Development Ireland to develop SME´s through a matching grant scheme for technology transfer. Previously he worked for Ernst & Young as a consultant, and was the Manager and Advisor of several companies between 1992 and 1996. He has been a lecturer at the local university for a couple of years.

Lourenço Sambo

Executive Director

APIEX

Director General of the Investment & Export Promotion Agency (APIEX - Mozambique), since June 2017. Before that he was Director General of the Investment Promotion Centre – CPI, from July 2010 to June 2017 and Economic Adviser to the Minister of Planning and Development of the Republic of Mozambique from June 2006 to July 2010.
Graduated from Eduardo Mondlane University in economics, he holds a Master’s Degree in Agriculture Business Management.
Among many studies, he conducted a study sponsored by the Friederich Ebert Foundation on the social and macro economic impact of deeper SADC regional integration in Mozambique as well a survey on the perception of the national business community and non-state actors as a complement to the study, published in South Africa by SAIA from WITS University namely the “REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA”, Vol 2, on Deepening Integration in SADC – Rapid Changes in Mozambique to Meet SADC Targets.
He also participated in the study on the reengineering of CPI in 1996 which culminated in the drafting of CPI’s first Strategic (1997-2000) as well as in the formulation of several proposals of studies and interventions crucial for the development of business and of the entrepreneurial sector in Mozambique requested by different public entities.

Claire Mateus Zimba

Executive Director

IPEME (Institute for Promotion of SMEs)

Claire Mateus Filipe Correia Zimba was born in Maputo, 1976. Dr. Claire Zimba holds a Post Graduate Degree in Corporate Governance and Oil and Gas at the Instituto Superior de Ciência e Tecnologias de Moçambique and a Degree in Law at the Eduardo Mondlane University. In the year 2007 to the year 2010, Dr. Claire Zimba was the National Director of Made in Mozambique Brand Unit; 2010 – 2011 the National Director of Private Sector Support Unit. 2011 – 2012 he was the Advisor of the Minister and in the year 2012 till present, Dr. Claire Zimba is the Executive Director of IPEME.

Natalia Camba

Director National Content

INP

Natalia is currently the Director of Supervision and Safety Director at National Petroleum Institute, and she is a Chemical Engineer and holds a Master Degree in Project Management of Oil&Gas Industries with specialization in Economics of Oil, Gas and Energy.

She was involved in elaboration of documents related with Gas Development such as Mozambique Gas Master Plan, Tariff Methodology for the piped-gas industry in Republic of Mozambique, Strategy for Market Development and others related with the Projects and development of gas in Mozambique.

Natalia was involved, at the incipient phase of Mozambique LNG Project, as Engineering Technical Assistant, with a general-purpose position aiding all the Delivery Groups , HSE Lead on Project Safety Case and help the interface management of various project contractors also follow-up communications Liaison with Government Regulatory groups within Mozambique.

She acted after as Advisory of Environmental Impact Assessment team in the Mozambique LNG Project , leading with issues associated with EIA and Resettlement Action Plan, and guide the team with information necessary to meet the Mozambique Government and local communities’ needs.

Natalia is also a lecture of Petroleum Geopolitics& Ethics in the Oil &Gas Business MBA at ISCTEM (Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique).”

Juscelina Guirengane

President

ANJE

Juscelina Guirengane is a multi-tasked entrepreneur, social activist, volunteer, university lecturer, public speaker and business consultant with about 9 years of professional experience, both at the local and international level.

Juscelina possesses an Information Systems and Technology Business Commerce Honours Degree, from the University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa. She is currently and simultaneously the CEO of Sahane Consultoria & Serviços Lda (a private sector management and ICT consultancy and training provider), President of the National Association of Young Entrepreneur’s (ANJE), the President of the Mozambique USA Alumni Association (MUSAA), and the Global Entrepreneurship Network Managing Director for Mozambique.

She has participated in many international capacity building programs, congresses, conferences, symposiums and internships in all continents of the world, including Presidential Summits, related to business and entrepreneurship.

Steven Wilson

Vice President & Country Manager

Anadarko

Steve Wilson is Anadarko’s Vice President & Country Manager in Mozambique, a role he assumed in November 2017. He is responsible for leading all Mozambique in-country activities. Steve has a Master Degree in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from Cambridge University and Imperial College in London as well as an MBA from London City University Cass Business School.

With more than 36 years of experience across all aspects of the Upstream Value Chain, Steve has held numerous leadership positions during his previous career with Chevron; he served as head of country operations in Norway, Denmark, Bangladesh and latterly China, representing the company with the highest levels of government. His most recent position at Chevron was in Houston, leading the company’s Global Business Development Unit.

Steve has lived and worked in various locations, including North & South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He has also served in a variety of advisory roles, including Vice-President of the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bangladesh, Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark and Board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Norway.

Taciana Peão Lopes

Women in Energy Network

Taciana Peão Lopes is a Mozambican lawyer and an independent energy/oil and gas legal counsel focused in energy projects in Mozambique. She has been advising developers, sponsors, investors, multinational lenders and commercial banks to develop, construct and finance power plants ranging in size from 30 MW to 600 MW utilizing diverse technologies as natural gas, coal and hydroelectric, as well as alternative technologies such as solar and wind, by guiding the clients through a challenging regulatory regime. She has been representing the major upstream oil and gas companies based in Mozambique. Taciana has been involved in the first LNG export project in Mozambique, which is one of the largest LNG projects worldwide. Her expertise in LNG includes the drafting and negotiation with the Government of the Republic of Mozambique of the legal instruments required for the creation of a new legal framework for the implementation and financing for LNG in Mozambique. Taciana is a founder and sponsor of Waza, a Mozambican think and do tank, and parte of the network of the Graça Machel Trust Foundation – Women Advancing Africa, through the Mozambican Associations Femme – Women in Business and New Faces New Voices.

Pablo Avogadri

LNG New Units Platform Leader

BakerHughes a GE Company

Pablo Avogadri is the LNG New Units Platform Leader within the Turbomachinery and Process Solutions business of Baker Hughes, a GE company.

Headquartered in Florence, Italy with over 11,000 employees worldwide, the Turbomachinery business unit is a leading provider of rotating equipment technology and services for mechanical-drive, compression and power-generation applications across the oil and gas industry.

By leading the LNG Platform unit and before as Chief Marketing Officer in BHGE Turbomachinery and Process Solutions, Pablo has built an extensive knowledge of the LNG market and trends, its industry value proposition and dynamics, to define the best strategy for BHGE and identify innovative LNG solutions for the business.

Prior to joining GE 6 years ago, Pablo was a Principal at Booz & Company, a leading management consultancy, where he served several Energy majors and super-majors (specifically in Oil & Gas, Renewables and the Nuclear industry) delivering a number of strategy and business improvement projects.

Previously, he worked at Eni Exploration & Production, gaining significant industry experience at the Kashagan project in The Netherlands, where he was responsible for operating model improvement and business process re-engineering.

Pablo began his career as a researcher specializing in Neural Networks applied to Power Generation control systems and later as a strategy & operations consultant in the Energy practice of Arthur D. Little, an international management consultancy.

Pablo holds a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan and completed the TIME program (Top Industrial Managers of Europe) at the Technical University of Hamburg in Germany.

Arnaud Roux

Africa Field Development Lead Engineer

Subsea7

Arnaud has 10 year experience in EPCI deepwater challenging projects. His expertise focuses on flexible risers and flowlines and deepwater riser systems. Arnaud now works in the Subsea 7 Field Development Group in Paris, which performs field optimization studies for Operators, to support them in making their subsea developments viable and with maximized value, with integration of cost effective new technologies.

Jason Feer

Global Head of Business Intelligence

Poten & Partners

Jason Feer is the Global Head of Business Intelligence at Poten & Partners

Prior to joining Poten in 2014, served as COO Americas for Argus Media based in Houston starting 2011, and from 2003 through 2011 as the head of Argus’ Asia Pacific business, where he was responsible for managing Argus’ business East of the Suez Canal. In this role, he oversaw the development of new products focused on petroleum, LNG, LPG, coal, base oils, biofuels and other products.

With more than 25 years’ experience in global energy markets, Jason has worked in Asia, Latin America, Europe and the US. His specialties include markets, project development and the politics of oil.

He is a frequent commentator on oil affairs and has appeared on CNBC, the BBC and other television and radio outlets.

Pietro Toigo

Martin Hutchison

Managing Director

International Resources Consulting

Martin Hutchison is an independent consultant supplying strategic support to the global energy industry. He has over 40 years of international oil and gas industry leadership experience in technical, commercial and senior executive roles, encompassing Upstream and LNG across Europe, North and South America, Middle East and West Africa. He served on the boards of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce and the Ameriven heavy oil project, and later as the Managing Director and executive board member for Brass LNG Ltd, Nigeria. Martin is a lecturer in several CWC professional development courses and a regular chairman and Co-Chairman of CWC conferences.

Mateus Magala

Ryan Froude

Country Director, East Africa

WorleyParsons

Ryan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and honours degree in Technology Management. He started his career with Sasol at their Coal-To-Liquids complex in Secunda. He then worked for 10 years in new power plant development in gas, nuclear, waste heat recovery, coal, wind and solar. He moved to Mozambique in 2014 with WorleyParsons where he has overseen the delivery of the Nacala railway, ROMPCO loop line 1, Anadarko resettlement village and Syrah Resources’ Balama Graphite mine. Ryan is currently director of WorleyParsons operations in East Africa including Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

Nicolas Sicard

A mechanical engineer, Nicolas has commenced his career in TechnipFMC within the onshore division as a field engineer on the construction site of a pesticide production facility in China.

In his 18 years within the company he has been across all segments of activities of the Group, onshore, offshore, and subsea. Involved in key positions within projects and country organizations, Nicolas has had opportunities to execute large projects in various countries, such as Vietnam (refinery), Brazil (semi-submersible platforms) or again Angola (subsea field development).

Since 2016, Nicolas is the country manager of TechnipFMC in Mozambique, recently awarded the huge integrated Coral South FLNG project, including installation of subsea production equipment, development of the entire seabed and construction and installation of the gas liquefaction platform offshore.

Anastacio Chembeze

Rodrigo Rocha

Anicha Abdul

Co-Founder

EPManagement Consult

Anicha Abdul, is a co-founder and Managing Director of EP Management Consultancy Services. She has exceptional expertise in HR solutions for specialized industries such as in Oil and Gas, Mining and FMCG. She has spearheaded the placement over hundreds of employees, locals and expatriates in mega projects in Mozambique over the past 10 years. She has extensive skills in conflict management, immigration, and contracting and human capital management. Anicha is a certified Leadership Coach and Trainer through John Maxwell Team. An organization focused on raising effectiveness of world leaders. Prior to joining the entrepreneur world, Anicha worked in a Mining Company and an International Tax Firm. She is the founder of a group of companies NEESH, which comprises of supply of specialized work wear ensuring that health and safety standards are met, Accounting and Tax consulting. She recently initiated the development of a social economic women empowerment project with the objective to get more women businesses involved in the mega projects. Anicha is passionate and actively involved in the empowerment of women in business in Mozambique.

Jose Mendes

Dr. Acacio Langa

Commercial Director, Domestic and Regional Markets

ENH

Acácio Zacarias Langa was born in Maputo in 1981, he holds degree in Business Law, from the oldest and largest university of Mozambique (Eduardo Mondlane University) and holds Post-Graduate Degree in Energy Law from Eduardo Mondlane University in association with Lisbon University (one of the largest university of Portugal). He is holding a Master Degree in Oil & Gas Law and Contractual Framework from Eduardo Mondlane University in association with Lisbon University and Aberdeen University.

He is currently the Commercial and Marketing Director at ENH, the National Oil Company of Mozambique. He is also Board Member of the Mozambique LNG1 Company Pte. Ltd. (the Seller Special Purpose Entity registered under the Laws of Singapore – for LNG Joint Sales) and Secretary of the General Assembly of ENMAR (a subsea services Joint-Venture between Subsea 7 and ENH Logistics).

Aside of the position at ENH, Mr. Acácio Langa, is a Lawyer registered as Member of Mozambique Bar Association and he is University Lecturer (Commercial Contracts and Business Law). Before joining the Oil & Gas Sector, he was Tax Lawyer at Mozambique Tax Authority.

Antonio Saide

Antonio Osvaldo Saíde was conducted for Chairman of the Energy Fund on September 18, 2015.

He joined Energy Fund in 2007 as Member of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Antonio Osvaldo Saide was graduated in physics at the University of Eduardo Mondlane, and is also attending a Master Degree in Renewable Energy at the University of Beuth, Germany.

He began his career in energy sector in the year of 2000. In 2001 he was indicated Head of the Solar Energy Division. Later in 2003, he became responsible of the Department of New and Renewable Energies.

In 2005 he was officially appointed National Director for New and Renewable Energies, position held for 10 years. As National Director for New and Renewable Energy, he was Southern African representative on the International Board of the REEEP and Mozambique representative in the initiative Energy and Efficiency Partnership, promoted by Finland Republic.

Lorenzo Monti

Marcelina Joel

Dr. Victor Tivane

Director of Local Content

ENH

Víctor B.L.Tivane is a Mozambican investment and business development consultant with more than 15 years experience in promoting investment and developing SMEs (Matching Grant Schemes, Linkages and Industrial Parks).

Currently is the Director at National Hydrocarbon Corporation at the Local Content Division. As the Director of this Division, the main role is to lead and coordinate the company policy operationalization regarding the local industry promotion and development, employment creation and acceleration of skill and technology transfer.

The last position was a Consultant at the World Bank Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Project for Mozambique (PACDE).

Víctor Tivane has worked at the Investment Promotion Centre, in the preparation and implementation of Industrial Parks in Mozambique and advisor for foreign and domestic firms, in matters of investment; as adviser during the implementation of Aluminium Smelter (MOZAL); and as the Manager of the Linkages Program Office at the World Bank Enterprise Development Project using tools such as Matching Grant Schemes and Supplier Development Program.

Eduardo PereiraProfessor of Energy Law, Externado University of ColombiaResearch Fellow, University of Oslo

Eduardo Pereira

Professor of Energy Law, Externado University of Colombia

Research Fellow, University of Oslo

Eduardo G Pereira has been active in the oil and gas industry for over 10 years and is an international expert on joint operating agreements. He has oil and gas practical experience in over 40 jurisdictions covering America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Dr. Pereira concluded his doctoral thesis on oil and gas joint ventures at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). He conducted postdoctoral research at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (University of Oxford, UK) and another postdoctoral research at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (University of Oslo, Norway). He is a professor of natural resources and energy law as a part-time, adjunct and/or visiting scholar in a number of leading academic institutions around the world. He is also a managing editor for the African Journal on Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law and an associate editor of OGEL. He is also the author and editor of several leading oil and gas textbooks. Further information about his profile and publications can be found at: www.eduardogpereira.com

Bridget Shoo

Regional Director (Designate) Centre, Middle East & Africa

Enterprise Singapore

Bridget Shoo is the Regional Director for Southern Africa in Enterprise Singapore.

Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. The agency works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups.

As the Regional Director, she directs Enterprise Singapore’s strategy to strengthen Singapore’s trade and investment linkages with Southern Africa.

Prior to joining Enterprise Singapore, she was the Senior Assistant Director in the Ministry of Trade and Industry where she was involved in shaping Singapore’s trade policies with Sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

Charles Nyirahuku

Chief Gas Policy Officer, African Natural Resources Centre

Africa Development Bank

Mr. Charles NYIRAHUKU has over 16 years’ strategic and operational experience in the petroleum sector across the East African region and beyond, especially in policy formulation, natural gas exploration and production and business transactions. Charles is currently working with the African Natural Resources Center, a non-lending entity of the African Development Bank as the Chief Gas Regulatory Officer. He focusses on supporting emerging gas producers in Africa to enhance the regulatory environment in the natural gas sector and build capacity for better resource planning and management. Prior to joining the Africa Development Bank, as a the Head of Petroleum and Gas Unit at the Rwandan Ministry of Energy, he coordinated the development process and monetization of the unique Lake Kivu Gas resource and pioneered the petroleum exploration program in Rwanda. He is a holder of a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Trinidad and Tobago and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lubumbashi, in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Filippo Maioli

General Manager of Eni Rovuma Basin (ERB)

ENI

Master degree in Geological Science at the University of Milan (Italy) obtained in 1988.

He started his career in the Reservoir Study Center of Eni E&P in Milan coordinating Italian and International reservoir studies. Manager with 25+ years of experience working with International companies in different countries with knowledge and experience as a production and planning engineer within various Business Units. Project and Field Management, Business Development and Reserve Evaluation are part of the Curriculum. Field Development experience in the Gulf of Mexico deepwater, West Africa deepwater and North Africa on-shore and off-shore development projects. He has been covered various position inside the eni organization, of which the most recent one are as VP Unitization and currently as General Manager for Eni Rovuma Basin.

Ernesto RamataneHead of Directorate of Technical Development and ProductivityIPEME

Eva Meignen

With more than ten years of professional experience in Mozambique, Eva Meignen has acquired a solid base of knowledge about the socio-economic context of the country.

Eva is currently leading the implementation of the Skills Training for Employment in Mozambique (STEM) Program, a CAD 18 million, 6-year program (2014-2020) funded by the Government of Canada and implemented by Colleges and Institutes Canada. STEM aims to improve professional training programs in five institutions in Tete and Cabo Delgado through institutional partnerships with Canadian colleges. STEM is particularly focused on bringing women into training programs.

STEM works in partnership with ANEP, DINET, IFPELAC and builds linkages with the private sector.

Sansao BuqueDeputy National Director for GenderMinistry Gender, Children and Social Activities

Sansao Buque

Deputy National Director for Gender

Ministry Gender, Children and Social Activities

Awarded the grade of Master in Socio-Economic for Development

2005: Post-Graduated in Sciences of Education with specialization in Adult Education,

2003-2007 – Deputy National Director for Women;

2007-2010 – Director of Cooperation in the Ministry for Women and Social Action;

2010-2012 – Minister’s Adviser;

2012-2014 – Deputy National Director for Women;

2015 up to date Deputy National Director for Gender.

Participated in the technical team of PARPA (Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty in Mozambique) and in the Population Technical Group, instruments coordinated by the former Ministry of Planning and Development. Was Focal Point of Mozambique in the Social Protection Agenda for Africa led by the World Bank, he worked hard in the area of orphans and vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS, having coordinated the drafting of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC ) in the context of HIV and AIDS which was approved in 2006 by the Council of Ministers and by the Parliament; and coordinated the drafting of the plans of the Ministry of Women and Social Action to Combat HIV / AIDS 2005-09, 2010-14 and 2015-2019, including its implementation. Coordinated the organization of the First National Conference on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique. Project Coordinator of OVCs financed by the World Bank. From 2005 to now is working in the field of economic women empowerment very close with the African Development Bank, becoming from 2013 the Women Empowerment and Skills Development Project Coordinator, funded by African Development Bank.Since 2006 to 2016 was Director of the Project for Support and Care of People Living with HIV and AIDS, funded by the Center for Prevention and Disease Control CDC (American Government).

Co-established the National Conference on Women and Gender to be held every two years in Mozambique, whose first edition was in 2008 and the last took place in 2016 and the next will take place in 2018.

Has large experience in comparative studies on development, environmental impact assessment, institutional relations, community development, social and organizational systems of economic activity, economic sociology, social dialogue and entrepreneurship, sociology of financial markets, gender and violence. He coordinated the International Study on Violence Against Women in Mozambique, carried out under
the auspices of UNODC and UNDP, as well as participated in elaboration of the main documents from the sector.

He also has extensive experience in the area of Community Development and Social Responsibility and Corporate Economic Empowerment of Women. He has published articles, such as the Social and Economic Impact of Anti Personnel Mines in Mozambique, Mozambique 35 Years - Towards the Future, launched in 2011, his most recent work (2018) done with participation of others is the Gender Policy and Its Strategies of Implementation, National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence, National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

Gércia Sequeira

Executive Director, ITIS

President, AMPETIC

Gércia Sequeira – ITIS (Instituto de Tecnologias Inovação & Serviços) co-founder, President of Mozambican Association of ICT (AMPETIC) and Master Traineer of Development Business providers, with emphasis in Management process.

At ITIS, she has been guiding the implementation development of innovative HighTech-based products with a great national impact.

In 2017, launched the first Certification based in Technology that allows simulate management and finance process, through public protocols with different entities such as Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique (BVM), Instituto para Promoção de Pequenas Empresas (IPEME), Banco Comercial e de Investimentos (BCI), Autoridade Tributária de Moçambique and others.

As the First President of Associação Moçambicana de Profissionais e Empresas de Tecnologias de Informação (AMPETIC), which has been defending the interests of ICT sector (professionals and companies) that identify themselves as part of the solution.

In 2016, launched a free platform “Estágios on-line” the allows Mozambican enterprises to find a candidate’s database that look for opportunity to do internship and eventually a job.

Winner of the PME Innovation Award in 2014, becoming in 2015 the first Mozambican SME Partner of 100 Melhores PME’s.

Gilberto Botas

Chairman

ANEP

Since 1983 Gilberto has accumulated experience as a teacher, consultant and trainer, in the Public Administration of Mozambique (Ministries of Education and Labor); in the private Sector (MOZAL); as National Officer at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and consultant on a project funded by the World Bank (Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Action). Most recently he was an advisor to the Minister of Science and Technology, Higher and Technical Education in Mozambique.

Hon. NneNne Iwuji-Eme

Marc Howson

Director, LNG Market Development

S&P Global Platts

Marc Howson is Director, LNG Market Development for S&P Global Platts. He has over twelve years of energy experience, specializing in LNG. With Wood Mackenzie, Marc helped set-up their LNG analysis in the Americas from Houston.

More recently, in Singapore, Marc headed FGE’s LNG/Gas Analysis and Research department, focused on advising East of Suez buyers and sellers regarding LNG strategies, trends and pricing. He also spent several years with Qatargas and Gazprom’s LNG marketing teams in Doha and Singapore respectively, where he helped revise their LNG marketing strategies, structure LNG sales agreements, develop global gas models and lead analyst teams.

François Vuylsteke

Senior Business Development Manager, Africa

Wärtsilä Energy Solutions

Starting his professional experience with naval operations and foreign affairs, François turned later to the LNG industry where he held several positions in construction, engineering, and project development roles, with EPC contractors, Consultancies, Shipowners, and Developers. He is today in charge of the development of LNG to Power Projects in Africa with Wärtsilä Energy Solutions, whose global strategy is to provide gas fired flexible generation as a complement to Renewables. Besides a degree in marine engineering and various qualifications as seafarer, including for liquid Gas Tankers, francois holds an MBA and an advanced Masters degree in Gas Management & Engineering.

Fredric Briens

Chief Technical Officer

Great Lakes Africa Energy

Frederic Briens is an oil and gas industry expert with over 30 years’ experience in exploration, extraction and asset management at CEO, COO and Managing Director levels. Mr Briens holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA from Colorado State University and has published a number of academic articles focusing on field rehabilitation and reservoir management. His work has led him to oil and gas hubs globally, such as Peru, Venezuela, West Africa, Texas, the Middle East, and currently East Africa.

Mr Briens is currently at Janus Continental Group, where he is Chief Technical Officer. He is responsible for all the technical functions for the Group, including power generation, infrastructure construction, operations and project control. Mr Briens also leads various new business initiatives with the Group.

Xiluva Matavele

Legal Advisor

SASOL

Xiluva Matavele is a Mozambican lawyer with a law degree from the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, focused in the development of oil and gas projects in Mozambique. After having participated in the team involved in the drafting and negotiation of the Decree Law for the Rovuma Projects, she turned her focus for Sasol, working as senior legal advisor for the past three years, focused in the development of the company’s projects in Mozambique, which include more recently the negotiations of the EPCC’s for the PT5-C Block, coming out of the 5th Bid Round.

M. Lucia MacIsaac M.A.Sc. P.Eng.

President

LearnCorp International

Ms. MacIsaac is President/CEO of LearnCorp International and has been involved with training and education for the energy sector for 20 years. She was previously employed with Shell Canada as a specialist engineer in both Materials and Operations Engineering. Her project work has included over 25 workforce development and local content training initiatives spanning 5 continents and multiple countries including: Angola, Canada, Guyana, Italy, Kenya, Russia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, UAE and USA. In addition to developing and delivering training programs, her work has included assessments of international technical training facilities.

Mariam Umarji

Monica Chamussa

Head of Data Management & GIS Division

ENH

Mozambican born in April 1st, 19976, Marriage and mother of two girls one 13 and 3, respectively Honor Degree In Geology, Bsc In Geology Portugal with Major field: Coalifonification and dispersed organic matter by University of Porto, Post Graduated in petroleum geology by NUPETRO - Ouro Preto Brasil Post Graduate in Petroleum Resources and Operations by Stavanger University ENH Geoscientists with 10 years of work experience in petroleum geology and field development aspects for oil and gas fields. Head of Data Management & GIS, good approach from the field data acquisition, and interpretation; EX Basquetball profesional with some awards in Juniors and Masters level Assistent Professor in Engineering Geology at Maputo Polytechnic University Actually, Master Degree Candidate in Executive Master in Energy Management by Norwegian School of Business - Oslo

Stefano Saviano

ERB Sustainability Manager

ENI

Stefano Saviano is the Manager of the Sustainability Department in Eni Rovuma Basin.

He is responsible for leading Local Content for both Coral FLNG and Rovuma LNG Upstream Projects, as well as planning and implementation of Area 4 Upstream Social Projects, Stakeholder Engagement and Community relations.

As EEA (Eni East Africa) Sustainability Manager, he was in charge of managing Resettlement activities for Area 4.

Stefano holds a Master´s Degree in Business Engineering from Universita’ di Napoli Federico II, and an MBA from Fondazione CUOA Business School.

With about 15 years in the Oil and Gas industry, all spent within Eni, Stefano covered different roles spanning from Strategy Planner in the Strategy and International Relations Department to Market Analysis and Development Manager at the Research and Technology Innovation Department.

He joined Sustainability in 2015,where he contributed to the implementation of the Company Management System and its roll-out in Eni Subsidiaries like Mozambique, Congo, Ghana and Kazakhstan, Pakistan amongst others.

Nilza Issufo

Ekaterina Mikhaylova

Lead Strategy and Operations Officer

The World Bank

Ekaterina Mikhaylova is a Lead Strategy and Operations Officer with the Extractives Unit of the World Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice. She has 20 years of experience with the Bank. She led a variety of mining and petroleum technical assistance projects in Africa and Asia and is managing the Unit’s portfolio and strategy. Prior to Extractives, she worked on Industrial Technology and Science and Technology projects in the Balkans. Ekaterina led the Bank’s Mozambique mining and gas sector program since 2010. Before the World Bank, she worked in a Russian commercial bank in investment and project finance.

Paulo Armando Mandlate

Tiago Seno Borges Coelho

Chief Product Officer

UX Information Technologies, Lda

Tiago is a Mozambican social entrepreneur, researcher, and developer of IT services for development impact.

As the co-founder of UX Information Technologies he was responsible for product development of emprego.co.mz (career platform), biscate.co.mz (informal work platform), mopa.co.mz (participatory monitoring platform), and soma.co.mz (savings groups platform). Additionally, he worked as a technical consultant for projects from the World Bank, USAID, UNICEF, GIZ, Microsoft, among others, and has also supported multiple aspiring entrepreneurs as a tech trainer for the US State Department’s Tech Camp, as a Country Ambassador for Seed Stars World, as a mentor for Startup Weekend, and as a speaker and trainer at various tech conferences.

Tiago holds a BA from Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal) in Multimedia Design, and a MSc from Leiden University (the Netherlands) in Media Technology.

Engage with Trade Associations, other Multipliers and the UK Regions to reach to reach a wider community of UK based companies;

Develop and maintain networks of global suppliers and customer contacts to deliver competitive advantage and deliver sustainable business propositions e.g. development of local content.

Phil has significant experience in the oil & gas sector following a 25 year career with BP in a wide range of upstream, midstream, downstream and functional roles, including procurement and a two-year secondment to the Department of Trade and Industry. He has a BSc Hons degree in Industrial Chemistry from City University London.

Phil is currently focussed on helping the UK supply chain further leverage value from a portfolio of oil & gas HVO’s in East Africa, Senegal & Mauritania and Nigeria.

Prof. Dr. Luís Helder Lucas

Director of the Center for Excellence in Oil and Gas

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Dr. Luís Lucas has had a long teaching experience at all levels of the formal education system. Since the 90´s, he has been involved in teaching different undergraduate and post-graduate courses at the Faculty of Engineering of the Eduardo Mondlane University (Kinetics and Chemical Reactors, Risk and Safety Management, Process Control and Instrumentation, Fluid Dynamics, Reservoir Engineering and Phase behaviour of Petroleum Fluids). For years, he has also been researching biomass, including studies on the efficient use of biomass and assessment of the gaseous emissions in respect to bakery ovens, stoves and furnaces for bricks production. Following this path, the main topic of his Ph.D. research program was the modelling of biomass pyrolysis as a function of pressure and vapour phase residence time.

Throughout all these years he has also been involved in many academic management activities. He has played the position of deputy-dean for academic affairs (2000-2002), deputy-dean for post-graduate Studies (2010-2017), and since February 2017 he plays the role of Director of the Center of Studies of Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology at the University Eduardo Mondlane. This is an African Center of Excellence for East and Southern Africa, newly created under the scope of ACE-II, a project funded by the World Bank.

Talumba Katawala

National Content & Communications Manager

TechnipFMC

Talumba Katawala is the National & Content Communication Manager for TechnipFMC in Mozambique with responsibility to implement the National Content Programme for the FLNG project in the TechinipFMC, JGC & Samsung Heavy Industry Consortium. Prior to joining TechnipFMC, Talumba worked as the Public Relations Representative at Anadarko Mozambique for 9 years.

Her role is to monitor and advise on the implementation of National Content requirements in Oil and Gas industry in Mozambique.

Adobea Quayson

National Content Manager Africa

TechnipFMC

Adobea Quayson is the Compliance and Communication Manager for TechnipFMC in Ghana with responsibility for all compliance and regulatory related issues. Prior to joining TechnipFMC, Adobea worked as a Company Secretary for Quorum Corporate Services and she was an HR Consultant for Financial Business and Training Consultants Limited in the United Kingdom.

Adobea is a Chartered Secretary by profession, a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom. She holds an LLM Oil & Gas Law & MSc in Corporate Governance.

Her professional interests focus on best practice and good governance, and her current project includes promoting best practices in National Content. Her role is to monitor and advise on the implementation of National Content Development requirements in Oil and Gas industry on the African Continent. You can reach Adobea on adobea.quayson@technipfmc.com

Ramanathan Ramaswamy

Director Projects

TechnipFMC

Ramanathan Ramaswamy has been in the international oil and gas business for more than twenty-five years. In his current role, as Project Director, TechnipFMC North America he has executed projects in the USA, Mexico and Caribbean region. Ram, has most recently successfully executed the Juniper Project. Juniper was a large EPCI project, which included Subsea and a Fixed Platform in Trinidad.

Ram has a variety of international oil and gas project experience. His initial role was with Coflexip Stena in Perth (predecessor to Technip and TechnipFMC), followed by an assignment as Area Manager in India. Ram next successfully executed a variety of West African projects, while based in Paris, France. Moving to Houston more than a decade ago, Ram has held various roles as Project Manager, Director of Projects and Project Director for critical EPCI projects. He has executed several projects for all the major operators. Ram has been a key member of the TechnipFMC Subsea/ Offshore management organization.

Ram has a Masters in Business Administration degree from Rice University, Houston, Texas, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Ricardo George

Manager Sales & Business Development

Applus

Ricardo George is an experienced Manager Sales and Business Development especialised in Oil and Gas Industry. He has been working for Applus+ Company since 2009. Firstly as Business Line Manager TPI, focus on Sales and Marketing Management, Business Development and Strategic Business Operations of NDT for transport Pipeline Oil and Gas Industry Central Europe and CIS countries. Later in Applus+, he started to deal with Managing Sales and Business Development Department for the Global Pipeline Projects.

She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Auditing from UCT/RAU, two Post Graduate Diplomas in Oil and Gas US GAAP Petroleum and Production Accounting through the University of North Texas as well as a Corporate Venturing/Entrepreneurship Post Graduate Diploma through Stanford University. She is a LEAN Master Practitioner and has a LEAN Six Sigma Yellow Belt international certification.

She has held senior positions at KPMG South Africa and Mozambique, Sasol Petroleum Temane, Barclays Bank Mozambique and Standard Bank Mozambique. Her current position is Head of Enterprise Banking and Incubator at Standard Bank. She is a Trustee in Help Save My Life Foundation and also sits on the Board of Advisors of AIESEC in Isctem in Mozambique.

She has mentored at the Seedstars Maputo 2016, 2017 and 2018 local events, the Slush Global Impact Accelerator local bootcamp 2017 and has attended various forums as a panel member and subject matter expert including Moztech, JETRO (Japanese External Trade Organisation) SME Policy Forum Event in Maputo and MUVA roundtable . She formed part of a “Mozambican Influentials” delegation that went to the Netherlands to evaluate the Dutch ecosystem and get insights as to how to improve the Mozambican entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Standard Bank Incubator Mozambique was inaugurated on the 11th of August 2017 and was recently awarded the “Best Incubator/Accelerator Programme in Mozambique by the Southern Africa Startup Awards on the 5th of September 2018.

She is an avid supporter of the “Next Africa” narrative and strongly believes that by building strong entrepreneurial ecosystems and empowering the African youth and entrepreneurs, Africa will realise its enormous potential.

Simone Santi

CEO

Leonardo Group

Simone Santi is Founder and President of Leonardo Group. With 20 years experience in Mozambique, he has developed partnerships, provided local services local procurements and local content strategy design and implementations through Leonardo Group to major operators and suppliers of the O&G sector (CGG, Reag-Eni, Total, Aker Solution, McDermott, Prysmian, Donelli) in Mozambique, Angola, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Simone Santi is also President of Mozambique-Italy Business Council (CCMI), Vice-president for international affairs at CTA, Italian representative for the main business confederations of Portuguese-speaking countries (CE-CPLP and CE-PALOP). Honorary Consul of Mozambique in Milan (2008-2015).

Jocelyne Machevo

Coral FLNG Project Interface Coordinator

ENI

Jocelyne Machevo is one of a new breed of leaders to emerge from the recent discoveries and development scenario of Mozambique's oil and gas sector. Bachelor in Civil Engineering, her career in the industry started in 2013 after concluding a Master´s in Economy and Management of Energy and Environment, when she was only 22 years old and joined Eni East Africa.

Jocelyne´s professionalism and commitment led her to be directly involved in the most challenging project in current oil and gas scenario in Mozambique, the Coral South Project.

Her strong engagement with the local Government and local stakeholders, made it possible for Eni East Africa to reach the approval of the development plan in 2016 and the Final Investment Decision of the project in June 2017. These achievements represent a groundbreaking milestone for the history of Mozambique´s oil and gas industry, being the first Rovuma Basin project to enter into its execution phase, representing the beginning of a huge development process for Mozambique.

Jocelyne´s has recently been shortlisted in the category of “Future leaders” by Petroleum Economist Awards 2017 propelling herself as a reference amongst the young professionals in the industry and seen as an emerging leader.

Jos Evens

Lead Country Manager, Mozambique

ExxonMobil

Jos Evens has spent more than 30 years with ExxonMobil. He joined ExxonMobil Mocambique Limitada as Production Manager and Mozambique Lead Country Manager in August 2017. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Gas & Power Marketing, for ExxonMobil Qatar Limited. Mr. Evens studied Commercial Engineering and Engineer Enterprise Information Systems at the University of Leuven in Belgium.

Mr. Evens began his career with Exxon in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1984. Since that time, he has undertaken a range of operational, supervisory and managerial assignments for Exxon and subsequently ExxonMobil. He has served in various capacities in operations, customer service, business development, and planning functions within Fuels Marketing and Gas Marketing while working in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.

Melanie Lovatt

Finance Advisor, Business Intelligence

Poten & Partners

Melanie Lovatt is Finance Advisor at Poten & Partners’ growing business intelligence division and is the team leader on the company’s LNG Finance in World Markets quarterly report. She is also a regular contributor to the company’s monthly commercial report, LNG in World Markets. She focuses financing of liquefaction, regasification, and shipping sectors in order to further the understanding of structures used and the sources of both debt and equity. Prior to joining Poten, Melanie was Editor at Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). Melanie has a Bsc degree in Geology from the University of Hull in the UK.

Benjamin Chilenge

Administrador Comercial

ENH

Born on December 30, 1963 in Lago, Niassa Province, Mozambique and a graduate degree in Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Eduardo Mondlane University, is a cadre who has been doing his career at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), since 1983.

At MIREM he held the positions of Head of the Labor Organization and Wages Section (OTS) and Head of the Department of Administration and Finance, National Director of Planning and Development and Advisor to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.

From 1998 to 2007, he was the Administrator of ENH, in the Department of Administration, Accounting and Finance, cumulatively served as Administrator of CMG and CMH.

Nomfundo Maseti

Full-Time Regulator Member - Piped Gas

NERSA South Africa

Nomfundo Maseti is the Full-Time Regulator Member responsible for Piped-Gas and Petroleum Pipelines Regulation at NERSA.

She holds a BA Honours degree in Economics and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law. Her career spans 17 years of experience in competition law enforcement and economic regulation, which she started in the competition law and policy environment at the Competition Commission of SA from early 2000. She gained experience in competition law principles, handling merger and acquisition transactions and high profile investigations in various industries including energy.

She joined the Department of Trade and Industry in February 2007, serving mainly as Chief Director responsible for policy and legislative formulation and corporate and consumer regulation in various areas including competition and consumer policy and law.

She joined NERSA in November 2010 as an Executive Manager responsible for piped-gas and was appointed as the Regulator Member in March 2014. She successfully managed the transition of the regulatory regime applicable to the piped-gas industry until March 2014 into the new regulatory regime encapsulated in the Gas Act of 2001. She was instrumental in the development of the Maximum Price Methodology and Competition Assessment paving the way for NERSA to approve maximum gas prices.

collect and maintain monthly National Content reports based on projects developed by contractors and sub-contractors at AMA1;

Before joining AMA1, Ben worked five years at Sasol Petroleum Temane, Lda as Local Content Manager. As part of a success story, Ben designed Sasol’s “Mozambique Local Content Development Strategy” which aims at a gradual integration of Mozambican SMME’s in Sasol’s supply chain activities.

Ben holds Masters Degrees in Public and Development Management from The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Masters of Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University, in Sydney, Australia.

Paul has 18 years of energy corporate and investment banking experience, covering the Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities and Renewables & Carbon sub-sectors, and has been based in Africa for over 8 years. Paul has extensive experience of the SA/Southern African energy environment, as adviser, banker and financier.

Prior to joining Standard Bank in 2009, Paul worked for HSBC for over 10 years and gained extensive experience of transactions across EMEA and select global markets in Asia/Australasia.

Paul holds degrees from Birmingham University; London University and a MBA from Henley Management College. Paul is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute, a member of the Energy Institute and has completed Harvard Business School’s Global Energy Seminar

Rightwell Laxa

Senior Vice President: Satellite Operations

Sasol

Rightwell Laxa is Senior Vice President for Sasol’s Satellite Operations since May 2014, responsible for natural gas transportation from Mozambique to South Africa , wax blending and explosives and explosives accessories operations. He is overseeing 1200 employees including functions in Safety Health & Environment, Finance, HR, Corporate Affairs and Technical.

Mr Laxa has spent the last 23 years in various Sasol Operations in the Chemicals and Energy divisions. His passion and expertise lie in Operations and Joint Venture management. He is a member of the Sasol Operations Executive Committee.

Mr Laxa holds a Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) from UNISA School of Business Leadership, a BSc. Engineering (Chemical) from WITS University and he has completed the Sasol Executive Development Programme from the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Mr Laxa also serves on the boards of Sasol Dyno Nobel Joint Venture and Sasol South Africa as a director. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Black Management Forum (BMF).

Tracy Lothian

Mozambique Commercial Manager

ExxonMobil

Tracy Lothian has management experience in a variety of energy areas, including retail fuels, chemicals, upstream project development, and gas and power marketing. She has worked with ExxonMobil since 1998, when she joined the company as a retail fuels analyst in Leatherhead, UK. Subsequent assignments have included Brussels, Antwerp, Houston and currently Singapore.

In 2006, Tracy moved from the chemicals business into gas and power marketing, where she negotiated gas transportation and processing agreements. She subsequently managed the Europe gas transportation team. In 2009, Tracy was selected to join the newly formed upstream ventures division and worked on developing upstream asset acquisition opportunities.

In 2011, Tracy moved to Houston to manage the business analysis team for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This role provided an excellent springboard to move into an Executive position in 2015 managing the LNG market development team, with a particular focus on new and emerging markets. In 2017, Tracy moved to Singapore to lead the creation of a new team responsible for marketing Mozambique Area 4 LNG.

Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University College London.